Description: Prince Blueblood dislikes being secret agent
Double-O-Zeta, but since no pony does it better, the princesses won't
let him quit. Trailing the mad unicorn Green Briar to Ponyville,
Blueblood runs into Rainbow Dash, already investigating the odd new pony
in the area. She resents this jerkwad of a prince suddenly butting in,
and when circumstances force the two to work together, the unexpected
feelings they arouse in each other might prove more dangerous than
anything Green Briar has planned.

Thanks to Aquillo and cheeze sauce at Saltblock, Cloudy Skies and Bad
Horse on FimFiction, and Casca from mlpchan's /fic/ board for practical
and moral support.

Description: For almost a thousand years, the
immortal Nightmare Moon has reigned over Equestria as Empress. To the
average pony, Nightmare Moon is an overarching enigma whose rule is
absolute and whose wrath is terrible. But to Twilight Sparkle, who as an
orphan has never known her parents, the Empress is something else
entirely. When the young unicorn is brought under the royal wing as an
apprentice, she learns a great deal more about the supposed tyrant than
she ever knew. But as Twilight is introduced to life with her new
mentor, she is thrust into a world of political intrigue, conspiracies
and secrets. Secrets that were never meant to be revealed. As allies and
enemies plot against the very peace of the nation, will Twilight fall
prey to the perils of her new position? Or will she prosper and find in
Nightmare Moon the mother she never had?